Lahore vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$163	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$4771
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	99
😀 Quality of life	46	93
🏙️ Population	11.1M	3.9M

The cost of living in Lahore is 87% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 8934th and 80th ($411 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 71st in Pakistan and the United States, respectively. Check Pakistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 6486th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Los Angeles

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	Lahore	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$28838

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919